Evolutions I: An Act of Betrayal

Part Five

At 0800 hours B'Elanna, Naomi Wildman and Seven of Nine emerged from B'Elanna's quarters. Seven was still feeling tired and was leaning on B'Elanna as they made their way to sick bay.

"The doctor should be off line until 0900 hours, if he catches us just ask him why we haven't been given the inoculations that the rest of the crew has received." B'Elanna said as the three of them entered sick bay.

The lights were off as the three women entered sick bay. It was usually a brightly lit room with two bio-beds in the center and the doctor's office in the far left corner.

It seemed too quiet, even if the doctor was off line at least some of the lights should have still been on. B'Elanna was about to call for the lights when a voice from the corner beat them to it. As the lights blinked on Naomi let out a gasp. The captain, along with Chakotay, six armed security officers and, most surprisingly, Tuvok was standing there waiting.

"Did you really think we would let the three of you escape?" Janeway sneered at them.

Seven ignored the captain and looked directly at Tuvok before saying "You gave us your word that you would help us. Why have you betrayed us?"

Tuvok stared at the three hybrids for a moment before replying. "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few."

"You asshole. Why did you even bother pretending that you care if you were going to turn us in?" B'Elanna shouted.

Each security officer had two phasers pointed at the hybrids as they were herded into a corner and a force field snapped into place.

"We knew that there was a chance you might figure out what we were planning," Janeway said, smiling smugly at them. "Tuvok here pretended to give a damn about what you thought so, if you figured it out, you would confide in him."

"What do you plan to do with us captain?" Seven asked. "It must be of considerable value for you to discard your chief engineer as well as abandon a child."

"I'm reminded of an old Earth saying; one person's trash, is another person's treasure," Janeway laughed. "Someone out there actually thinks the three of you are worth something, worth enough to cut down our trip to the alpha quadrant to two years. Think about it, a captain and her crew being pulled into the delta quadrant and being forced to find their own way back home. And not only did they beat the odds, but they discovered advanced technology that will change the way everyone thinks of space travel. I wouldn't be surprised if I become an admiral because of this."

"Your plan's never going to work Janeway," B'Elanna sneered. "How the hell are you going to explain what happened to the three of us?" B'Elanna said, pulling Seven and Naomi closer.

"You little shit. Do you actually think I haven't planned for that?" Janeway smirked. "Out here I AM STARFLEET. In fact I've already created the cover story for what happened to you three. In one month we will be attacked by the Borg, when our shields fail they will beam directly to engineering where Seven and Torres were fine tuning the impulse drive. The Borg queen will demand that Seven of Nine be returned to the collective, I will of course refuse and during the ensuing battle the Borg will manage to beam into engineering, where you two will be working on getting the warp drive back on line," Janeway pointed at B'Elanna and Seven. "You will both be severely injured during that battle, as well as being partially assimilated. The memories you claim to have will be nothing more than the memories of someone else that was assimilated, and will be easily dismissible."

"What makes you think we'll go along with that?" B'Elanna spat.

"You won't have a choice, the Socadan are also giving us the technology to alter a small part of your memories. When we're finished, the three of you will believe anything we tell you."

"If you have the ability to alter our memories why would you need to create this fabrication for Starfleet?" Seven asked.

"We are not sure what the Socadan are going to do to you. If the damage is irreversible we will need scapegoats," Janeway informed them.

"What are they going to do to us?" Naomi asked in a quiet voice.

"You know, I actually never thought to ask, but I imagine that the three of you are going to find out very soon. That actually reminds me, how are you still conscious Seven? The virus we put into your alcove should have rendered you unconscious until we reached the Socadan."

"For once everything hasn't worked out the way the bitch wants," B'Elanna thought as she looked at Janeway. "We figured out your little plan a little sooner than you calculated bitch. Seven only regenerated for a couple of hours, it wasn't enough to knock her out."

"Still," Janeway said as she ran her eyes up and down Seven's body, "two hours must have weakened you considerably. Are all of your implants still working properly?" As Janeway met Seven's eyes she knew. "They're not! You're as weak as a kitten. I could probably do anything I want with you and you couldn't do a damn thing about it." Janeway smiled as her eyes lingered on Seven's breasts."

B'Elanna eye's widened as soon as she saw the smile on Janeway's face. "YOU P'TAQ, there is no way I'm letting you anywhere near Seven," B'Elanna began banging on the force field.

As B'Elanna moved forward and started screaming at the captain, Seven lost her grip on the engineer and fell to the floor. "What is happening B'Elanna?" Seven asked as she too began to panic.

B'Elanna never got to answer her because as soon as she turned around the force field dropped and she was stunned by Tuvok's phaser.

"Take the two half breeds down to the brig, they can wait for the Socadan there," Janeway said as she started walking towards Seven.

In a shimmer of blue light, four of the security officers, along with Naomi and B'Elanna, disappeared.

Janeway knelt down next to Seven and grabbed the frightened woman's chin firmly in her hand, forcing her to look up. "I've go my own plans for you."

Seven's eyes widened in fear as she finally realized what Janeway intended to do. "You can not do this. You have taken an oath as a Starfleet captain. You are not allowed to harm other species."

"You're right about that Seven, I can't hurt other people, but then again you're not people are you? No, you're just a highly advanced sex toy. A toy that I will enjoy using very much," Janeway whispered as she firmly grabbed onto the back of Seven's head with one hand and Seven's breast with the other then forced her lips on to Seven's.

Seven tried to push Janeway off her, but in her weakened state she was no match for the older woman. Tears began to stream down her face as she Janeway pried her lips apart and she felt the older woman's tongue enter her mouth. Seven's tears began to fall faster and her body began to shake with her sobbing as she realized that the woman that had saved her from the Borg was going to rape her. The same woman that claimed the Borg were the most evil creatures in the universe, but the Borg had never even attempted what Janeway was going to do. Janeway did not want her mind, she wanted her body.

"Captain, we are being hailed by the Socadan, regarding the chattel," Chakotay said as he too began to leer at Seven.

Janeway let out an annoyed groan before she replied, "Fine, take this to my quarters," Janeway grabbed Seven around the neck and pulled her towards Tuvok. "Make sure the computer doesn't respond to any of her commands while I speak with our benefactors."

"Yes, Captain," Tuvok also grabbed onto Seven's neck, and began dragging her towards the captain's quarters followed by the two remaining security officers, as Janeway and Chakotay walked towards the bridge.

On the bridge Janeway looked around to see the smirking faces of the rest of the crew. "What do the Socadan want?" Janeway asked as she looked at Kim.

"I don't know Captain, they said they would only speak to us when you were present," Kim responded.

Janeway let out a sigh before replying, "Very well, put them on screen."

The view screen immediately replaced the stars with an image of the Socadan Carkonas, the one that had first approached them with the proposal. His skin was a dark green with large uneven black spots covering most of his face. The marking were not unlike those of a cheetah or a Dalmatian. His eyes were a bright yellow with cat like slits for pupils. His most defined feature was the deep cranial ridges on his forehead, but unlike the outward growing ones of a Klingon, his ridges moved in and out as he breathed.

The layout of the bridge also looked very different from anything Janeway had seen before. It was filled mostly with shades of blue. Instead of simply standing at your console like the bridge of Voyager everyone was given a comfortable chair. Each of the panels that Carkonas's crew were using were transparent holograms so there was no chance of a station exploding and damaging the crew.

"Is the merchandise ready to be transported?" Carkonas spoke.

"It is. I think you will find that the merchandise is in excellent condition," Janeway said. "I have the child and the Klingon hybrid in the brig, but I believe that I will sample the Borg before the exchange."

"I am afraid that is quiet impossible Captain, we asked for the Borg specifically because of its emotional state. It will be useless to us if it is emotionally damaged, and without it we have no deal." Carkonas said firmly.

"What possible difference could that make to you?" Janeway barked as she realized that her prize was beginning to slip through her fingers.

"What we do with the merchandise is none of your concern Captain of Voyager. You will get your technology as we agreed but only if my terms are met." Carkonas said evenly.

"Very well," Janeway said as she fought to keep her anger under control. "We will rendezvous with you in 24 hours, just have our technology ready."

Carkonas nodded, the view screen changing back to the star covered background as he disconnected the communication.

"I may not be able to do what I wanted with Seven, but I think that I can still make the most of the situation. Chakotay you have the bridge." Janeway said as she hurried to her quarters.

The brig was not a nice place to be aboard Voyager. For both B'Elanna and Naomi this was the first time that they had seen it.

The room had three cells to it and B'Elanna and Naiomi were in the center. A level 6 force field separated them from the rest of the crew, and on the inside rested two three beds, a toilet and a water fountain.

B'Elanna was going out her mind with worry. The only thing that was keeping her from completely losing it was the presence of Naomi, sitting on floor. As B'Elanna looked around she finally realized how bad the situation was. The two guards that were keeping watch over them had informed her that they would be reaching the space station in less than a day. The plans that B'Elanna had made with Seven and Naomi were completely destroyed by Janeway. She could think of no way that the three of them could escape with two of them in the brig and the captain doing god knows what with Seven.

A tear formed in B'Elanna's eye as she thought about what was happening to Seven. Granted that B'Elanna didn't know as much as she should have about Seven, she knew that this was going to hurt her very deeply.

"Why are you doing this to us? What could we have possibly done to deserve this?" B'Elanna shouted.

"Quiet," said the guard as he aimed his phaser at Naomi, "or, we're going to see how many times I can stun a kid before it dies."

B'Elanna immediately closed her mouth and walked over to Naomi. She picked up the shocked and frightened child and moved to the far corner of the cell, as the guard smiled maliciously at her before lowering his weapon.

"Please come back to us in one piece," B'Elanna thought as her mind turned to Seven again.

"What does the captain want with Seven?" Naomi asked after the shock had worn off a little.

B'Elanna thought about what to say to the child, this was something she would have trouble talking about to an adult, let alone a child that thought of Seven as her hero. In the end she just decided to be honest with the kid, after all she would need her help when they brought Seven back. "Have you ever noticed how pretty Seven is?"

"Yes, people are always starring at her but Seven just ignores it, she said that were not suitable mates." Naomi responded.

"There are some people that don't care if they're suitable mates or not," B'Elanna said in a soft voice.

"Are you talking about unwanted sexual advances?" Naomi asked in an alarmed voice.

"Yeah, how do you know about that?" B'Elanna was shocked.

"Seven talked to me about it a few months ago, it was part of her research on humanity. She said that the victim is emotionally and most times physically damaged, and that it takes a long time for them to feel right again." Naomi said quietly.

"Seven's right Naomi, so we have to do everything we can to help her when we see her again," B'Elanna said as she hugged the little Katarian.

Tuvok was still holding Seven's neck, half dragging, half pulling Seven towards the captain's quarters. Every time Seven spoke or tried to stand upright, Tuvok would give her neck a hard squeeze, almost to the point of cutting off her oxygen supply.

"We have arrived," Tuvok spoke as they entered the captain's quarters and released his hold on Seven's neck, pushing her into the center of the room. "Computer, remove all command codes for Seven of Nine, and no longer acknowledge any commands given by her, authorization code Alpha 5674 Tuvok."

"Why are you doing this Tuvok? You are condemning us. As a security officer it goes against everything you stand for." Seven asked.

"As I said earlier, the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few." Tuvok stated.

"That is not what Spock intended when he made that statement," Seven pleaded. "These are not even needs, they are wants. Please do not allow the captain to do this."

"It will not matter what happens to you. After you return to Voyager we will alter your memories. You will not remember any of this." Tuvok stated as he turned and left the captain's quarters.

As soon as she was alone, Seven walked up to the door and tried to get it open, but the door would not budge.

Seven stood for a moment and took in her surroundings. This was the first time that she was in the captain's quarters. It was considerably larger than B'Elanna's. Two sofas were placed in the center of the living space with a coffee table separating them and a few pictures hanging on the wall. In the left corner there was a small kitchenette. To the right was what Seven assumed to be the wash room, and beside it was a room that honestly scared Seven. It was Janeway's bedroom.

"Computer, open the doors," Seven said desperately but, just as Tuvok had said, the computer would not even respond to her. Seven sank to the floor beside the door and curled herself into a ball.

To be continued...